#40A0AA#40A0AA

#40A0AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.090 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40A0AA
RGB	rgb(64, 160, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -24.75, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 28.23, 208.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0815 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.09 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9378, 29.1316, 42.4892)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40A0AA #AA4A40

analogous

#40AA7F #40A0AA #406BAA

triadic

#40A0AA #AA40A0 #A0AA40

tetradic

#40A0AA #7F40AA #AA4A40 #6BAA40

square

#40A0AA #7F40AA #AA4A40 #6BAA40

split-complementary

#40A0AA #AA406B #AA7F40

monochromatic

#1F4C51 #2F767E #40A0AA #63BBC4 #8FCED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#40A0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#40A0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #40A0AA

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40A0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40A0AA	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40a0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 160, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.090 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bcc3',
    500: '#40a0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40a0aa;
$custom-light: #81bcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40a0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.66,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65342,
    "c": 0.08976,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40A0AA

secondary

#C08B86

accent

#5F53D5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #40A0AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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